A hardware in the loop facility for testing multisensor sense and avoid systems

AIAA/IEEE Digital Avionics Systems Conference - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Forlenza, L ^a   Fasano, G ^a   Accardo, D ^a   Moccia, A ^a   Rispoli, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b ITALIAN AEROSPACE RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE RESEARCH; AUTONOMOUS COLLISION AVOIDANCE; DATA FUSION TECHNIQUE; DATA RATES; ELECTRO-OPTICAL SYSTEMS; ELECTROOPTICAL SENSORS; FLIGHT CONFIGURATIONS; FLIGHT DATA; FLIGHT PERFORMANCE; FLIGHT TEST; HARD-WARE-IN-THE-LOOP; HARDWARE-IN-THE-LOOP TESTS; INTRUDER DYNAMICS; KA BAND; KALMAN-FILTERING; LCD SCREENS; MULTI SENSOR; OBSTACLE DETECTION; PERFORMANCE VALIDATION; PROCESSING UNITS; PULSED RADARS; RESEARCH TEAMS; SENSE AND AVOID SYSTEMS; SENSOR CONFIGURATIONS; SENSOR DATA INTEGRATION; TRACKING TESTS; UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS;

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS; ASYNCHRONOUS TRANSFER MODE; AUTOMATIC TELLER MACHINES; CAMERAS; DATA HANDLING; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; OBSTACLE DETECTORS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; RADAR; SENSORS; SYNTHETIC APERTURES; TRACKING (POSITION); UNMANNED VEHICLES;

AVIONICS;

EID: 77951027851     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/DASC.2009.5347464     Document Type: Conference Paper

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